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Alexandr Radayev
Architecture · Faith · Heritage
Collapse of the Campanile of St Mark's Basilica in Venice on 14 July 1902 and its reconstruction
On 14 July 1902 the 98-metre Campanile of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, built in 1514, collapsed. The bell tower fell for no apparent reason: the load-bearing structures of the building are believed to have been worn and damaged by several earthquakes and lightning strikes. In
Faith · Monarchies · Society · People
The Impeccable Style of Jacques Cathelineau, First Generalissimo of the Catholic and Royal Army, Who Stood Against the Revolutionary Forces in the Vendée Uprising in France in the 1790s
Today we remember the martyrdom of a linen dealer who headed a counter-revolutionary revolt, took the town of Cholet five days later, and was soon elected commander-in-chief of the Catholic and Royal forces.
NB! · Architecture · Madrid
Plaza Mayor, Madrid: one of the principal squares of the Spanish capital, formed into a regular quadrangle by a line of dozens of adjoining buildings
NB! · Aristocracy · Faith · The East · Monarchies · People
Queen Elizabeth II is among the few monarchs in whose veins runs the blood of the Prophet Muhammad
Aristocracy · Archive · Faith · Monarchies
Genealogy traces the lineage of Elizabeth II to the patriarch Jacob and Judah
A family tree showing that Queen Elizabeth II traces her descent from the progenitor of the 12 tribes of Israel, the third Old Testament patriarch Jacob, called Israel. Moreover, she is a descendant of Jacob-Israel and of his son Judah not only on her father's side but
Architecture · Moscow · Observations · New York
"What a dreadful building!" I have heard it said more than once of the 2003 business centre on Oruzheyny Lane in Moscow's Tverskoy District (photos 1 and 2)
"What a dreadful building!" I have heard it said more than once of the 2003 business centre on Oruzheyny Lane in Moscow's Tverskoy District (photos 1 and 2). As it happens, I rather like this building by the architect Posokhin. Its style is usually called neo-
NB! · Cinema · People
Kira Muratova, Getting to Know the Big Wide World, 1980
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The Expulsion of the Jews in Medieval Europe
Books · Observations
Actually, it is all you can hope for: to be happy for a while, and then to remember it
Philip K. Dick
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Dolce & Gabbana always have the same show theme, but celebrating frescoes and national crafts is one thing, and this clumsy flirting with church culture quite another
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William Turner's sketches from his 1802 journey through the Swiss Alps
William Turner's sketches made on his journey through the Swiss Alps in 1802. I should like to compare our impressions and visit the place in 2022.